台湾卤肉饭

Tried out this recipe & it's super yummy! But gotta cut down lots on the soy sauce, salt & chicken stock. Am wondering whether the soy sauce mentioned refers to dark or light soy sauce? 2 cups of light soy sauce is seriously overloading on salt!

Jovia Galore!

Photo Wonder

Tinkering with the new iPhone app!

Teacher's Day 2012

From this year onwards, I've got to prepare 3 sets of presents for my 3 girls' teachers. This means that I've to start planning what gifts to get way in advance. Not to mention the frantic rush to package & tag them prior to the actual day.

Since MOE has changed Teacher's Day to the 1st Friday of Sep, this year it fell on the Friday of the Sep 1 week hols. As such, DD1's Pri sch has set the Fri before the 1 week hols to have the celebration. Luckily I have already bought the gifts as DD1 only informed me abt it 1 day before.

DD3's IFC celebrated TDay today. I wonder how they celebrate when their charges are all babies & toddlers?!

DD2 is having the celebration tomorrow and all are to wear party clothes. Sounds like fun!

Pork Ribs Steamed with Black Bean Paste

Tried this easy peasy recipe and even simplified it further!

V tasty and resembles those dim sum steamed ribs, yumz!

Ingredients:

300g riblets

2 tbsp fermented black beans (i used the garlic black bean sauce)

1 tbsp minced red chilli (omitted this to be child-friendly)

1 tbsp minced garlic

Marinade:

1 tbsp oyster sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1/2 tbsp potato starch (to be added later)

Seasonings:

1 tbsp wine (i used huatiao wine, can taste faintly the fragrance even after steaming)

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar (i used raw sugar crystals)

1 tsp light soy sauce

2 tbsp water

Method:

1. Chop riblets into small chunks.

Add marinade and mix evenly.

Set aside for 30 mins.

Then add potato starch and mix evenly.

2. Heat up 1 tbsp oil and saute black beans.

Drizzle over with wine.

Add the rest of the seasonings and stir evenly. Remove from heat.

Add riblets and toss well. Remove and place on steaming plate.

Sprinkle with minced red chilli and garlic.

(Note: I simplified this step by omitting the sauteing - instead i directly mixed all the seasoning together and toss with riblets. Still turns out good!)

3. Bring water in steamer to a boil.

Place riblets inside and steam over high heat for about 20 mins till cooked.

Serve hot.

(Source: All About Pork Ribs)

Do try, it's a breeze to make but taste is maxed!

Guess who's turning 34??

None other than my dear sis :)

We had a rocking good time at Mt Safra KBox on the sat night, 3 generations of us in all.

Spanning from 1 year all the way to over 60 years... cool!

Started off with a scrumptious dinner at Ichiban Boshi @ GWC, the toro aburi sushi is to die for!!

It is now my fav item... thanks to sis who opened my eyes to it yay!

After our tummies are sated, it's off to KBox to get my throats working.

We had a lovely big room, v new too.

The stepped loft was just perfect to keep the kids scrambling up and down, all the more fun with the complimentary balloons.

Actually to the adults, it's more of deafening screams than melodious singing, but all in good fun :)

Here are some pics to store in our memories:

The gals closest to my sis's heart

The happy family :)

And the whole clan!

Pizza de France

Pizza de France - Tel: 6777 8787

Ordered the Couple Combo (2 - 3 pax) S$21.80
- 1 Regular Pizza 10"
- 2pcs Mid Wing (Hot & Spicy)
- 1 Set Wedges
- 1 1L Organic Soya Milk

PZ 7: Sunshine Fantasy
(Chicken Bacon, Sausage, Sliced Boiled Egg and Mayo)

Chocolate Marble Chiffon Cake

(Recipe Source: http://cookingcrave.blogspot.com/2009/07/chocolate-marble-chiffon.html) 

Koi Bubble Milk Tea

Thanks to hubby who waited in the car while I queued up. It was almost 2pm, lunchtime ending and there was still quite a queue for this bubble tea. Makes me really wonder how good it really is. I bought 2 cups, one the bubble milk tea and another is the Plum Green Tea with Pearls. I like the milk tea one better and I love the pearls! Smaller in size than the normal ones and super duper chewy!! Yummy! But ask if I'll queue again for this and I may think twice.... it's just bubble tea!!

National Day Open House @ National Museum: Celebrate the Swinging Sixties!

I love the spiral staircase

Made by Jeryn

Made by Janelle

Made by Me!